Having some fun in the sun before winter sets in.

Are you planning a print edition of this?

Furthest I’ve been

N: Edinburgh
S: Vieques, Puerto Rico
E: London
W: Lanai, Hawaii

“The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it.” P.J. O’Rourke

YouTube video by Amy Winehouse - Topic Back To Black

Amy Winehouse “Back to Black”

youtu.be/4Q4Gy2Z7xZ0

Are GRA 4 and 5 available separately (for those of us who already have 1-3)?

It’s dog treat baking day. Someone is ready to help.

Tariffs

www.xkcd.com/3073/

Someone loves the sunshine

Tariffs and the RPG Industry I’ve been trying to work through in my head what the new US tariffs and likely responses mean for the rpg industry. Actually we have been in similar positions before; this is where specialist…

Things I learned recently: books are exempt from tariffs under the Harmonized Tariff Codes. For the moment that means that RPGs are most likely to be affected by Trump's import taxes as a byproduct. Small victories.

Here'a nice article by Chris Jensen Romer about a lot of potential repercussions.

Adam Smith, in his book "The Wealth of Nations," famously discussed smuggling, arguing that while it violates laws, it's often driven by the desire to avoid high taxes or restrictive trade policies, and that smugglers are not necessarily inherently bad people.

A new career path?

This is what liberation looks like.

VTI is a fund that covers the US stock market. It has shares 3,608 stocks, so this is the stock market.

I’ve owned this book for close to 20 years. Guess it’s time I read it.

Women in Ties Have Agitated Fashion for Centuries. Why Does a Humble Strip of Fabric Hold So Much Power? In 1830s Paris, women needed permission from the police to wear a tie. The history of a revolutionary accessory—from ancient Rome to the 2025 runways.

www.wsj.com/style/fashio...

This is the future liberals want.

Vermes' Sporting exit marks end of a managerial era in MLS — ESPN Peter Vermes left Sporting KC, and as he goes, so too does the idea of a singular leader of a modern MLS club.

Thanks, Peter. You will be missed. #SportingKansasCity.

apple.news/Al5pYEKJqSiu...

Spring time

It was prom at Doggie Day Camp yesterday.

Vindaloo time

What Is Signal and Why Were Trump Officials Using It to Plan a Military Strike? The chat app got an unusual kind of endorsement after U.S. national-security officials were revealed to be using it to share information about a pending U.S. military strike.

www.wsj.com/tech/what-is...

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - EVM Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - EVM

My plan for the day -

If you perform badness below the level of Planck-Badness, you don’t meet the threshold at which evil radiates into the universe.

www.smbc-comics.com/comic/evm

2025 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round 1: Sporting KC II vs. Des Moines Menace - 03/19/2025 YouTube video by U.S. Soccer

Streaming the Des Moines Menace I the US Open Cup. We are playing SKC II, but we have some ringers.

www.youtube.com/live/XFkBqv4...

A thunderstorm with dangerously strong winds. Not much I can do about it other than having a whisky.

Chilling after doing his job as carrot quality tester

Best spot in the house - in the sunshine and able to see if the human drops any food while he is cooking.

Someone is zonked after his spa day.